The Democrat-leaning super PAC, America’s Future Majority Fund, has launched new advertisements focusing on Vice President Kamala Harris' record on Ukraine.
According to Politico on September 12, the TV and digital ads will be aired in key swing states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, with the aim of reaching Eastern European-American voters, particularly the Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian communities.
This ad campaign aligns with Kamala Harris' strategy to engage crucial voter groups ahead of what is anticipated to be a closely contested election. During the presidential debate on September 10, Harris made an appeal to “800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania,” warning that Poland could be the next target of a Russian attack if Vladimir Putin succeeds in Ukraine.
“If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now, and understand what that would mean, because Putin’s agenda is not just about Ukraine,” Harris stated during the debate.
Pennsylvania, a pivotal swing state, has a Polish diaspora of 700,000 and a Ukrainian diaspora exceeding 120,000, together comprising about six percent of the state’s population. In Michigan, the Polish community accounts for roughly nine percent of the population, while in Wisconsin, it makes up about eight percent.
In the 2020 presidential election, President Joe Biden narrowly defeated Donald Trump by a margin of just 0.7 percentage points in Wisconsin—approximately 20,000 votes—with similarly tight margins in other swing states.
During the September 10 debate, Harris vowed to continue supporting Ukraine, contrasting with Trump, who did not directly address whether a Ukrainian victory was in the US’s best interests. Instead, he asserted that it was “in the US’s best interest to get this war finished and just get it done. Negotiate a deal.”
The new ads also spotlight Trump’s past remarks on defense spending, including his controversial comment that he would allow Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO countries that do not meet defense spending targets.
America’s Future Majority Fund is headed by former New Jersey Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski, Maryland Democratic State Senator Jim Rosapepe—who previously served as the US ambassador to Romania—and former Democratic National Committee executive director Mark Siegel.
Super PACs are legally required to operate independently of political candidates and parties.
On September 10, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Vice President Harris and former President Trump took the stage in one of the most highly anticipated events in American politics this year.
